doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com OT: Venison mincemeat pie.

Anybody here ever try it? Thinking about about adding it to the Thanksgiving menu this year.

I've eaten venison, elk and muskox mincemeat pie and I liked it all. My folks used to make mincemeat out of elk and deer, one or the other, every year when I was a kid and when I lived in AK, I shot a muskox, sent them some meat and they made mincemeat out of some of it.

I think it would be worthwhile for you to add to the menu this year!

I sent them the musk ox meat in 1989 and they canned some of the musk ox mincemeat they'd made. About 5-6 years ago, I was talking to my folks who were in their late 80's at the time and my mom mentioned she had made a pie from the mincemeat to take to a church social. She said the pie was a hit and told the folks the mincemeat was made from musk ox...I asked if she told them how long ago it had been canned, "no I didn't tell them that, but it was still fine," was her response. I had to laugh about that one!

Great story, Cameron.

Does mincemeat pie have grits in it? Just wondering'......

SRH

Thanks Stan....my folks, a couple of depression era people who waste absolutely nothing, and incidentally are still living in their own home pushing their mid 90's and had their 70th wedding anniversary a little over a week ago.

I don't think the mincemeat they made had grits in it. I know it had raisins, red currents and some other fruits and ingredients but I'm not exactly sure what! I'm heading to their home for Thanksgiving, I may need to ask for the recipe.

sounds wonderful...

I was asking tongue I cheek, Cameron. Didn't really expect it did, but the currants and fruit does sound good in there. Never had mincemeat pie in my life, but would like to try it someday. It's not a traditional dish in my part of the South.

Super congratulations to your parents. Seventy years together, wow! What a blessed couple.

SRH

I know it sounds odd, but I had carrot cake made with deer meat rather than carrots. Now, carrot cake can be quite good, and the "deer" cake with that wonderful frosting was super. One could not tell it from the cake made with carrots. Later, I tried making carrot cake with caribou with similar results.

Don't for get the "Minces" in that pie-- Never understood what minces are, and how much eatin' meat (roast, chops, backstraps
you can get, using a good sharp knife and some skill-- Now grits- man, I'd run through a forest fire wearing kerosene BVD's for some real home-made grits (Not the box kind they sell up here)- salt, pepper and butter suits me right down to the ground. Happy Turkey Day. RWTF

Odd, but have you ever had German chocolate cake with sauerkraut(marinated in brown sugar) inside- and the coconut coating on the top. Not too shabby for desert-- Der Fuchs

Modern mince meat has very little meat in it.

It was traditionally made with dried meat.

American mince meat stems from early settlers exposure to pemmican. A way to store meat and fat with fruit for high energy density food over winter and spring.

Euro varieties lean more to the dessert realm. Almost all sweet fruits and spices.

Just finished a batch of Czernina here.